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OH 1332
JUDITH C. MACHLER
TAF'E 1, SIDE A
Tt-Ie follo~'ling i·:; e,n iI1ter-\..'ieirJ ~'Jith Judith C2i.1~ter- f'-1.:?,cr:lel'- clf the
"Medicine, Health Car-e and Nur-sing" m-al hi-:stor-y pr-oject for- the
Montana Histm-ical Society. In this inter-"/ie~'J Judith !"'iachlet­discusses
her- car-eer- as a nur-se in Montana and her ear-Iy nur-se's
tr-aining at St Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown~ Montana. InlS
inter-view was conducted in the living r-oom .of her- apartment.
located at 115 Nor-th 24th in Billings~ Montana onSatur-day Jun~
16th, 1990~ beginning at appr-oximately 1:30 pm. The int~rViewer­is
John Ten-eo.
TERF:EO: Mr-s. Machler-, could you tell me when and wher-e you were
. .
bo~hand ~ho your-~arentswere?
MACCHLEF:: I was bor-n in Lewistown~ Montana December- 7, 1917. My
par-ents wer-e fr-om South Dakota Norwegian and they came [-1.:0
Montana] in 1911 to homestead. My dad came fir-st and then ne went
back, mar-r-ied his sweethear-t and brought her to Montana. That· s
where I gr-ew. In the same place that they star-ted in. That ~'!as
thr-ee and one half miles nor-th of Lewistown. And my dad's name
was Tellef Car-l Carter- • My mother-'s maiden name was Clar-a
Josephine Lar-son. I was the fir-st bor-n and then I had a brother-
Clar-k, who lives in Lewistown yet. He was born a year- or- so after-
I was. And then another- br-other- Russell who passed away when he
wasthir-ty-sEven. And my two sister-s Ber-nice and Ruthie. They
both ar-e deceased. Rather- young to be gone. They both had hear-t
conditions. Seems like their-s was a hear-t condition, that·s What
my dad died of and he was only fifty-two. So it was r-ather a
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Topics include growing up on a homestead north of Lewistown; home medical remedies; the education and training of nurses at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown; the 1930s Depression; working as a nurse at Deaconess Hospital in Great Falls and at the Valley Vista Nursing Home in Lewistown; liability insurance for nurses; changes in nursing; and rural medical care.

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John Terreo. Medicine, Health Care, and Nursing in Montana Oral History Project

OH 1332
JUDITH C. MACHLER
TAF'E 1, SIDE A
Tt-Ie follo~'ling i·:; e,n iI1ter-\..'ieirJ ~'Jith Judith C2i.1~ter- f'-1.:?,cr:lel'- clf the
"Medicine, Health Car-e and Nur-sing" m-al hi-:stor-y pr-oject for- the
Montana Histm-ical Society. In this inter-"/ie~'J Judith !"'iachlet­discusses
her- car-eer- as a nur-se in Montana and her ear-Iy nur-se's
tr-aining at St Joseph's Hospital in Lewistown~ Montana. InlS
inter-view was conducted in the living r-oom .of her- apartment.
located at 115 Nor-th 24th in Billings~ Montana onSatur-day Jun~
16th, 1990~ beginning at appr-oximately 1:30 pm. The int~rViewer­is
John Ten-eo.
TERF:EO: Mr-s. Machler-, could you tell me when and wher-e you were
. .
bo~hand ~ho your-~arentswere?
MACCHLEF:: I was bor-n in Lewistown~ Montana December- 7, 1917. My
par-ents wer-e fr-om South Dakota Norwegian and they came [-1.:0
Montana] in 1911 to homestead. My dad came fir-st and then ne went
back, mar-r-ied his sweethear-t and brought her to Montana. That· s
where I gr-ew. In the same place that they star-ted in. That ~'!as
thr-ee and one half miles nor-th of Lewistown. And my dad's name
was Tellef Car-l Carter- • My mother-'s maiden name was Clar-a
Josephine Lar-son. I was the fir-st bor-n and then I had a brother-
Clar-k, who lives in Lewistown yet. He was born a year- or- so after-
I was. And then another- br-other- Russell who passed away when he
wasthir-ty-sEven. And my two sister-s Ber-nice and Ruthie. They
both ar-e deceased. Rather- young to be gone. They both had hear-t
conditions. Seems like their-s was a hear-t condition, that·s What
my dad died of and he was only fifty-two. So it was r-ather a
~.6:;; :
':R'
• "r - .-. .......'- -.... -- .-. -. .. .' .-', _. .- .-~- .-;-.-'- .-;- .